Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-04
SANITARY MATTERS.
WhAx Health Officer Dr. Cooper Has
TO Say About the Establish
ment Of q Cremat0ry.
Worth-A Suggestion as te Needed
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Interview.

The sanitary condition OF the city IS OF
prime Importance. Upon it depends the
health and safety of the people. Fort
Worth is a healthy city, and with eff
cheney in this important department OF the
municipal government our people will
always be exempt from the dangers that
threaten many other communities. Upon
the one hand there is life, on the other
death. Knowing that the City Council
fully appreciated the importance OF an
efficient service and had under cOnsidera-
ton negotiations for new departure in
this department, and believing that
the people ought 70 know the sit
uation, as it exists, 6 GAZETTE man
Yesterday called upon DR.. j. L. Cooper,
q member OF the Council and Heath
Officer Of the city, from whom was OBJ
tanned information which it is believed
will be read with interest. In this con-
nection il Is proper to state that DR..
Cooper has labored with earnestness and
with unliring energy to give the city an
efficient service, and manifests pro-
found interest in all that pertains to the
general health of the city.
Said THE GAZETTE man: "Doctor,
what OF matters sanitary and what was
the result of your recent visit to Gaines
yille?n
81 think we are now nearing the ap-
proach to the solution OF the question
that has veXed US. It is understood that
the dampipg grounds Of the city are taxed
tothefr utmost capacity, and it becomes
imperative that other arrangements for
the deposit of refuse shall be made. 1t
can be imagined what vast amount OF
garbage &C umulates in this city Of 3d.
| 600 inhabitants in the course OF few
DAYS. Grounds for the deposit OF this
should be located sufficiently near the
| CITY IN order that there might not be
delsy by the haulers. To secure
| this around is the question. Real estate
here is worth money, and then should we
succeed in getting a suitable piece OF
ground, we would have an Injunction
| served upon the city in an hour, for no
resident is especially anxious to have the
grounds located near him. So then
something must be done, the case is one
of emergency. It came to the knowl-
edge of the City Council that Mr.. John
Eldridge, q worthy citizen OF Gainesville,
! Cooke county, had invented crematory,
which that gentleman Was operating with
gratifying results in that city. Abou'
tRree weeks ago, Alderman Reilly and my
self, acting as q special committee by ap-
pointment from the Council, visited
Gainesville 10 personally investigate the
merits of the crematory system, LOOKING
to the establishment Of plant in this
city" -
"Can you tell me something Of Tx
cren etory?"
"Wen, there is no question but the
cremstory as used by Mr.. EIdTidge Is {
success. Witnessed its operations, ant
was delighted at the rspidity and effrc
tiveness with which it did its work. IN
like most crematories now used, this one
Is happily urhampered by complications
! and intricacies It consists of q. number
of Large perpendicular pipes, with grStes
4 at tke bottom, and doors at top, in which
fthe INSTANCE is deposited. The fIe1> OF
course, is built beneath theggrates. The
gas and smoke On reaching the
top of these pipes, instead of escaping
passes through draft pipe and runnip&
down and parallel with the large pipe OF
the outer side, reaches the bottom, where
it passes through red hot cylinders, be-
ing completely ersdiCated and destroyed
II possible, any should escape destTuc
ton, it passes into other pipes on tht
opposite side, and escapes through long
upright pipe into the rarlded air above
hence leaving neither smoke nor unpleas
ant odor behind. Connected with the main
| It ceptaCIe pipes will be large eVsporatiEe
Dsns, which will evaporate the slops anG
LIQUID matter, the gases Of which escap-
ing through the same channel heretofore
described. Constructed in front OF tht
fire will be q system of pans operated BY
= pony engine, which, added to the cir,
cular current produced by the arrange,
ment of the pipes, will force
self-destructlon upon ell deposits
the fire once started, thus econ
omizing in fuel, which curtails an I'M
portant item OF expense. When com
pIeted there is nothing obnoxious soou
the crematory, ana it could be operated
On one of our popular thoroughfare
without occasioning the least annoyance
by smoke or odor. It will net be TIT
cause of near so much discomforts as on
of the wood-sawing machines daily ope
rated near the streets OF the city"
"Has anything been done to secure TIT
crematory for this citY?"
eyes, sir, we will have it. After fai
Investigation the Council has purchased
six acres of land neSr the city, east o
STEMS slaughter houses, for which con
siderstion Of S2400 is TO be paid. Thi
site for the plant is admirably situated
in hollow, near the rlver, SO that no ex
cavatiun is necessary for the erection o
the machinery. 1t will be entirely acces
sible, and no residences are near it. Ado
, to the sum to be paid for the land tai
sum Of $4,000, and you nearI
approach the amount it will require t.
get the cremstory in practical working
order. This done, an Of the opinio
tnat we could accommodate city Of sever
al hundred thousand people. The pow
ers of tie plaIt can be enlarged when
becomes necessary, occasionlng little ex
pense. We have no binding contract wit
I. Captain Eldridge, except he is to com
81 here, erect his machine at hi
kown expense and demonstrat
FITS practically and capabilitie
He will then offer to either operate TO
The city at fixed stipend or to rent, leas
or sell to the city the entire outfit. MI
Eldridge is now waiting for good weathe
when he will begin work, and then i
twenty days. time we hope to be in ful
operation. Thus witnessing the success
of this system, 1 am prepared to say tbs
when the plant is in operation here tn
CITY will no longer be called upon to de
fend vexstious suits for damages agains
the health department. OF the govern
1 msnt"
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